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Does the QX1 support passive lenses?

Photography Asked on April 18, 2021

I’m just starting to get into photography and got a used Sony QX1 and the 16-50 kit lens.
Now I’m looking to extend my glass collection.

I’ve read that to use lenses without any electrical connections, the camera needs to support "release without lens".

A quick search found this at the Sony community

When I first heard about the QX1 I thought it would be great if I could use it with ALL of my lenses (including the adapted ones), especially my Zeiss ZM manual lenses.

Unfortunately as I (finally) found out, the QX1 does not support the Release without Lens feature that the NEX cameras use – thus allowing the shutter to operate without there being an electronically mounted E mount lens attached.

So that would say No.

But – if I remove the kit lens from my QX1 and press the shutter button, it does click and seems to take a picture.

Does anyone of you definitely know whether it works, before I invest a lot of money into manual focus lenses?

One Answer

"... if I remove the kit lens from my QX1 and press the shutter button, it does click and seems to take a picture." – Does the camera save an image to the memory card? If so, shouldn't that answer your question?

You can try taking pictures with tape over the lens contacts If you capture anything recognizable, even if blurry, there's no reason you wouldn't be able to use manual lenses.

Correct answer by xiota on April 18, 2021

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